The August 2014 email, with the subject line "Female Movies,"
discusses previous failed attempts at female-led superhero films
on screen.

Here's the email in full:

Michael,

As we discussed on the phone, below are just a few
examples. There are more.

Thanks,

Ike

1. Electra (Marvel) – Very bad idea and the end result was
very, very
bad. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elektra.htm

2. Catwoman (WB/DC) - Catwoman was one of the most
important female character within the Batmanfranchise. This
film was a
disaster. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=catwoman.htm

3. Supergirl – (DC) Supergirl was one of the most
important female super hero
in Superman franchise. This Movie came out in 1984
and did $14 million total domestic with opening weekend of $5.5
million. Again, another disaster.

Nowhere in this email does
Perlmutter say he doesn't believe in superheroine-led films. Nor
does it say he thinks female superhero movies are a bad
idea.

All this email tells us is that two executives were
discussing female-centric films that have performed poorly in the
past.

That's just fact. No one (except maybe Universal who put out last
year's "Lucy") has
been able to make a successful standalone superheroine film yet.
That doesn't mean it's impossible or that it can't be done.

And, suggesting that Marvel's Perlmutter is against them doesn't
completely hold water.

Marvel president Kevin Feige
has previously spoken about the potential of a female-led
superhero film. Here's what he said to Comic
Book Resources in 2014:

"I very much believe in doing it. I very much believe that it's
unfair to say, "People don't want to see movies with female
heroes," then list five movies that were not very good,
therefore, people didn't go to the movies because they weren't
good movies, versus [because] they were female leads. And they
don't mention "Hunger Games," "Frozen," "Divergent." You can go
back to "Kill Bill" or "Aliens." These are all female-led movies.
It can certainly be done."

For anyone suggesting Marvel doesn't believe in female-centric
films, the studio announced a Captain Marvel film back in October
for
release in July 2018.

Yes. Captain Marvel is a woman.Marvel

The company wouldn't make a
female-led film if it didn't believe it could work.

Is Marvel hesitant to make a female standalone film? Probably.

But who could blame the studio? Look at the track record for female
standalone superhero films.